Your mission defines the challenge. We bring the experience, engineering and textile expertise to help turn that challange into a practical solution.
Built to reduce system weight and integration burden.
Compact solutions designed around limited space and packing volume.
Decades of aviation design, manufacturing and textile expertise.
Support that can move with the project from development into production.
Recovery textile solutions built around UAVs, payloads and critical asset return.
VTOL Recovery Parachute SystemsVTOL platforms may need recovery during low- or zero-airspeed hover, at limited altitude, or during forward flight where opening loads can increase significantly.→
Helicopters uav parachute system engineeringHelicopter UAVs create a distinct recovery challenge. The parachute must deploy clear of the rotor system and tail structures, move through strong rotor downwash, and inflate under the flight conditions in which recovery is initiated.→
UAV Fixed WingParachute recovery gives fixed-wing UAVs a controlled way to return the platform when conventional landing is not available or when flight can no longer continue safely.→
UAV AirbagsUAV airbags from APCO Aviation Defense help protect your platform at touchdown. Designed for parachute-based landings without traditional landing gear, these inflatable energy absorption systems help absorb impact, reduce structural damage, and preserve your UAV for future missions.→
Release MechanismsRelease mechanisms are essential safety components designed to prevent a platform from being dragged by its parachute after landing in windy conditions.→Controlled descent and delivery systems for cargo, payloads and mission-specific integration.
Cargo ParachutesIn defense and security logistics, cargo parachutes are essential for deploying equipment, supplies, and sensitive payloads safely and accurately.→
Cargo Delivery systems – Non GuidedDeliver essential supplies and equipment with cargo parachute systems engineered around your payload, release conditions, and landing requirements.→
Deceleration ParachutesBring your payload from high-speed descent to a stable, controlled descent with deceleration parachutes engineered for your mission.→
High Velocity deceleration systemsAPCO Aviation Defense works with your team to develop high-velocity deceleration systems around the object’s speed, mass, aerodynamic conditions, deployment limits, and required recovery outcome.→
Gliding ParachutesGliding parachutes are a specialized type of deceleration parachute designed to improve performance by generating both drag and lift.→
Ground Landing Crash PadsAPCO Aviation Defense works with your team to define and develop ground landing crash pad solutions around your payload, descent conditions, landing environment, and required level of impact protection.→
Joint Precision Airdrop SystemWith more than 50 years of aerodynamic innovation in paragliders and paramotor wings, APCO Aviation Defense develops parafoil solutions for Joint Precision Aerial Delivery Systems (JPADS) designed for demanding military and humanitarian delivery missions.→
Ram Air ParachutesAchieve controlled, precision aerial delivery with RAM Air parachutes designed around your payload, deployment conditions, required glide performance, and landing objectives.→Textile solutions for containment, capture, recovery and protection in demanding environments.
Mission-specific textile solutions developed around the operational requirement.
Inflatables – Landing pads for UAVsProtect your UAV and payload during landing with inflatable landing pads for UAVs developed around your platform, recovery conditions, available integration space, and required impact protection.→
Ultralight Low volume solutionsAPCO Aviation Defense develops ultralight, low-volume recovery and defense textile solutions for UAVs, cargo delivery and mission-critical applications where weight and packing space are limited.→
Super Pressure BalloonSuper-pressure balloon systems require textile structures that can maintain a defined geometry at high altitude while supporting the safe return of mission-critical payloads and assets.→
Amphibious Recovery SolutionsWhen recovery conditions are uncertain, your UAV or mission-critical platform needs to be ready for both land and water landing.→
High-Density FluidsObjects moving through water or other high-density fluids may require controlled deceleration, stabilization, drift reduction or recovery.→
Recovery Systems for Chemically Saturated EnvironmentsRecovery systems may remain exposed to fuel vapors, oils, hydraulic fluids, solvents and maintenance chemicals long before deployment.→
Fire and Heat Resistant Recovery SystemsAPCO Aviation Defense develops lightweight, low-bulk recovery textile solutions for UAVs, aerospace platforms, and other mission-critical applications exposed to flame, hot gases, engine exhaust, pyrotechnics, or radiant heat.→
Soft GurneyEquip your team with an ultra-lightweight, flexible stretcher for casualty extraction where access and carrying space are limited.→Tell us the requirement and our engineers will scope it with you.
APCO Aviation Defense works within the standards, certifications, and regulatory frameworks that support defense and aerospace programs.
Practical guidance on UAV recovery, parachute systems and protective textiles from APCO’s engineering team.
We develop lightweight, low-bulk recovery systems for UAVs, drones, aerospace platforms, and mission-critical assets. Solutions may include parachutes, steerable canopies, airbags, deceleration systems, deployment bags, and integrated recovery solutions.
Every project starts with the mission, the asset and the required outcome. We review the platform, its envelope, the operating conditions and the integration constraints with your team, then define the solution, the deployment logic and the materials around that requirement rather than around a catalogue item.
Our recovery and capture solutions are engineered per application, from small UAVs to larger flying assets. The payload, approach speed and available capture or recovery envelope define the system geometry, materials and energy absorption, so share the platform data and we will confirm what is achievable.
Yes. Selection and development are guided by the operating conditions and the validation required. We support testing, qualification and certification activities as part of the project, including prototype trials, documentation and the production runs that follow.
Use the Define your project form or contact our team directly. A short description of the asset, the risk or recovery scenario and the expected outcome is enough for a first review; we then come back with questions, options and a proposed way forward.
